About me

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History:

DOB 2001-01-03, Male. Completed schooling in Delhi 2018, Graduated IIT Delhi biochem engg BTech+MTech 2023. Worked at cryptocurrency startup Rari Capital. Have basic skills in software, finance, biotech and idk what else.

Current goals:

I support a complete global ban on building superintelligent AI.
- Public statements on this include Dan Hendrycks' CAIS letter, Yudkowsky's TIME article and Robert Miles' intro youtube series. (Note: My opinion is similar but not identical to linked opinions.)
- I think building superintelligent AI may be possible by 2030 and could lead to human extinction or stable dictatorship that lasts centuries.
I wish to leak information of companies (and supporting intelligence agencies) building superintelligent AI to the general public.
- I wish to support whistleblowers, hackers and journalists, and support projects similar to Wikileaks and SecureDrop.
- List of specific projects I want funding for.
I wish to accelerate towards a world with fewer secrets.
- If it became common knowledge that it is easy to get away with leaking secrets of intelligence agencies, this will embolden people to leak secrets of all other organisations.
- A world with no secrets looks radically different from our current world as of 2025. My guess is it'll be better.

My latest research: SecureDrop review, Distributed whistleblowing, Open source weaponry, Long-term view on information, tech and society

My latest project: Books Search for Researchers

Contact me

Notable influences: cypherpunks mailing list and its successors such as Tor/Signal/blockchain, extropians mailing list and its successors such as EA/lesswrong.

Current location: Bangalore, India